-----Original Message----- From: Roy Louis D Cox [mailto:roy.cox@btinternet.com] Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 7:57 PM To: 'norman.lee1' Subject: RE: [OEL] pillow Boa_s / bers and whome made Good Evening again - Thought I had heard this somewhere - BOA: A pillow which is made especially for placing around one's neck I think? My Gran and my Mother had one. Chambers defines it as: " A long, serpent-like coil of fur or feathers worn around the neck by women as well as the description applied to a snake." Kind Regards June & Roy (SANHS Member No 1066) http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: norman.lee1 [mailto:norman.lee1@virgin.net] Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 5:59 PM To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OEL] pillow Boa_s / bers and whome made These are pillow bears which can be spelled in so many different ways in documents that I've no idea of the correct way of spelling it. Yes, they are pillow cases, as you suspected. As for home being spelled as whome, this is dialect and the h is generally silent, e.g. I'm going whome, pronounced I'm going wome. I sorry that I can't quite remember which dialect it is but I feel sure that someone will tell us. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Bartlett" <woodcom@ihug.co.nz> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 11:30 AM Subject: [OEL] pillow Boa_s / bers and whome made > Hello all > > I can not find what the word following pillow is in the two following > phrases. A capital B is used in the first word which looks like "Boa_s" > and the second one seems to be "bers" Is this a cover or pillow case? > > "lockerom apron one hat home made canvas apron one towell one pillow > and pillow Boa_s(or "e") and my olde bolster one payre of bought cloth > stockings two holidayes carcheifes & one holidayes" > > > "Christyning sheete and two of my best pillow bers and two of my best > carchefes & two table napkins & one payre of canvas sheets and one > canvas towell and one smocke one lokerom apron and one" > > I am also curious as in all cases "home made" is spelt "whome made" > Did home once have a silent "w" in front of it? > > regards > Chris Bartlett > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > OLD-ENGLISH Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== OLD-ENGLISH Web Page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/